I was born... coming up from the ghettoWhere the OG's never let goThis is somethin I had to knowHad to be real sneakyWatched niggas that tried to creep on meStay away from the ones that's sheistyThat's what my momma always told meWhen ya livin on the eastside, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoI never knew what my life would be, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoI'll show what I'm talkin bout, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoWhen ya comin from the eastside, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoI see you takin bills

I'm ready to ride, ready to rollAy check this mack I bet you're boyfriend aint knowinThat I'm steadily blowin your back outWatch me track out on these niggas and bounce out on these hoesGet at em like "what's up trick" you know how it goesIt's Friday night, the club is about to closeAnd I was lookin fabulousSo I, got up to stretch 'bout to catch me one of these stragglersTrue eastside dogs, and we barkin not simpinYo holmes 'bout that time to start this parking lot pimpinI keep that thang, huh, posted in the same spotNothin but my khaki shorts, house shoes, boxers and my suede shineI'm from the home of the riotsThat's before the peace died but I'm still hollin out eastside

Uhh, what y'all busters gon doWhen the pimps, bangers, and hustlers smash on youIt aint about who's sellin the most cainePut us all together nigga see you run thangsIf you can't hang, stay the fuck out the kitchenBitch I'm ghetto fabbed out, so fuck politickinWaitin for a chance and the shit it never happenedTime is money, and when you get it keep it clackinAll you hear is, with my two inch twistI keep the goodyear grip, so the dubs don't slipIf you want my claims, I think you besta make a changeSo close your eyes when I let my back end hangI ride til the motherfucking wheels fall offDomie's got daytons, Goldie's got daytons

All burnt to the turf up in a goddamn foolOld school motherfucker breakin jaws and rulesChoose to bang, who's to blame but myself and the setAll my peers through the years steady gettin it whetGive me a rep, that's what I wanted most in my lifeDid it all like a hawk, so I'm totin my stripesWill I quit it, I'm comitted til the day I dropSlangin rocks, sprayin shots, sayin fuck the copsLocked up in the Chevy and my switches is hotGave em pain as I swang on the bitches I soptBandanna on the antenna swangin and ridinEastsidin, ghetto life is invitin

Me and my brother had to walk to schoolI used to get him he downposed for joe coolA couple of dickies, with some quarter sacksDamn cuz I can't believe my kinfolk gave me thatHad a nigga lookin G'd upWith the scarf on my head, stealin sheets on my bedI seen baloney sandwiches without no motherfuckin breadI stole a pack of chips with the big homie FredNow we sippin on some kool aidI got suspended from school for cussin out the teacher's aidAnd now I'm bout to get a whoopin, but you know I'm steady woofinOn the side where they ride the mostEastside is the beach, westside is the coastAnd we ghetto like a motherfuckin hot buttered toastIn the mornin with some government cheese (government cheese)We keep it ghetto like a nigga shootin dice on his kneesGet your money first rule number one, helloLivin it up is livin life in the ghetto

I was born... coming up from the ghettoWhere the OG's never let goThis is somethin I had to knowHad to be real sneakyWatched niggas that tried to creep on meStay away from the ones that's sheistyThat's what my momma always told meWhen ya livin on the eastside, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoI never knew what my life would be, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoI'll show what I'm talkin bout, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoWhen ya comin from the eastside, ghettoIn the ghetto, ghettoI see you takin bills